Broom



(NU Model.)

T. H. BROWN.`

BROOM.

Patented May 10,1890.

wbt/wacom IINrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE H. BROWN, OF VIROQUA, WISCONSIN.

BROOIVI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,000, dated May 10, 1898.

Application 'lled September 9, 1897. Serial No. 651,144. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THEODOEE II. BROWN, a citizen of Great Britain, (but having declared my intention to become a citizen of the United States,) residing at Viroqua, in the county of Vernon and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brooms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention relates to an improvement in brooms, the object being to construct a broom in a manner to permit its manufacture in a minimum space of time and to insure iiexibility and durability of the completed article. To the accomplishment of this general object and others subordinate thereto my invention consists in providing a sheet-metal receptacle or shield, in which the broom-corn is designed to be inserted, with a series of peripheral notches for the reception of the broom-wires and pointed projections alternating with the notches` designed to facilitate the sewing with wire.

Referring to the drawings, Figure lis a general view of the completed broom. Fig. 2 is a view of the broom duringits manufacture and before the shield has been pressed or the wires attached. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the shield detached.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, I indicates a sheet-metal shield or receptacle substantially cup-shaped and provided in its bottom with a handle-opening 2 and around its upper edge with a series of alternating substantially circular notches or eyes 3 and pointed projections 4. The notches 3 are formed in a manner to provide constricted throats 5, designed to permit the introduction of the 'binding-wires, to be referred to, but to tend to prevent their displacement.

In the course of the manufacture of the broom the shield or receptacle lis placed between suitable clamping-jaws, and an elongated wooden handle 6 is passed through the handle-opening 2 until its upper end is located a sufficient distance below the upper edge of the shield. The broom-corn is now dropped endwise into the receptacle until it has been sufficiently iilled, at which time the sorting the straws before proceeding with the manufacture of the broom is eliminated, as their introduction into the receptacle or shield properly distributes their ends, and it is unnecessary to employ long straws, as ordinary, and thereafter sever the bound ends at the desired point; but while the present embodiment of the invention appears at this time preferable I do not desire to limit myself to the structural details illustrated and described, but reserve the right to change, modify, or vary such details within the scope of my invention.

What I claim is- 1. In a broom, the combination with the handle and straws, of a receptacle designed to receive the straws and provided with a handle-aperture in its bottom, and with a series of notches in its upper edge, and a binding-wire surrounding the broom and passing through the notches, substantially as specified.

2. In a broom, the combination with the straws and handle, of a receptacle designed to receive the straws and provided with a handle-aperture in its bottom and with a series of alternating notches and inwardly-bent pointed projections around its upper edge, and a binding-Wire passed around the broom and through the notches, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THEODORE I-I. BROWN.

Witnesses:

C. W. GRAVES, Trios. D. STONE. 

